Tycho wasn't sure he was understanding correctly right now. He had.. lied? To Mrs Dempsey about what she was seeing when she had come upon them? Was this part of the information Ford had kept keeping from him no matter how much he asked for a better explanation about why he was doing any of this.

I don't have a choice was what Fords refrain had been leading up to and even after the wedding but it sounded like he'd very much had one. He could have simply not lied. There could have been some other lie to say even that would actually help protect the girls reputation such as her corsets self-tightening laces laced too tight or something. Anything but what had occurred instead that had helped lead to this night. "You did?" Tycho asked quietly, staring at Ford, expression uncharacteristically unreadable as he went through several different emotions at once.